Treating Candida (yeast) with Medistatin (Nystatin) - no ℞ needed

[casportpony]

Hmm... The article that @azygous posted about Epsom salt mentioned "It controls yeast infections" or something like that. It is a couple of messages above.

If you know you have yeast it is best to use something meant to treat yeast. And if your hens have yeast in the reproductive tract, the only way to treat that is with fluconazole or ketoconazole and that is because they work systemically and nystatin and miconazole only work on yeast it touches.

Can you tell us what's going on with your chickens and how you know they have yeast?

 

[Maiahr]

Thank you @azygous for the clarification. Indeed miconazole is not available here.
@casportpony thank you for the clarification. I will search for these two medications tomorrow.
So I have this pullet with the strange bug eating her skin, I have another post for her
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...in-yes-vet-has-no-clue.1426774/#post-23488714
I did a stool lab test and it showed she had Candida in the stools. I am treating her head with anti-fungi gel (forgot the active ingredient as they sell it from a bottle the amount you need), she is not improving but I don't know what else to do. meanwhile I thought I better clean her and the whole flock from yeast in the intestines (in case the others have too). So do you reckon no point of using Nystatin pills or powder then? Nystatin tablets are freely (no prescription) sold here in human pharmacies. All "pigeon-ers" use them + they use the powder too.

 

[azygous]

Nystatin is an anti-yeast med, but it doesn't treat all strains of Candida. If that's all you can get, then use it. You could get lucky and it will knock out the type of yeast plaguing your chickens.

 

[Maiahr]

I was able to find fluconazole in a human pharmacy over the counter. Could you please point me to some article or post about dosage for chicken? I bought fluconazole tablets 150mg.
In regards of the Candida, the strain is Glabrata.

 

[BugStalker]

C. Glabrata can be resistant to fluconazole. It's been fairly well studied. Here's a source about treatment options in humans:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88907/?report=reader

 

[azygous]

@casportpony we need the fluconazole dosage for chickens.

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony we need the fluconazole dosage for chickens.

How much do the chickens weigh?

 

[Maiahr]

@BugStalker thank you. Did I understand correctly that in the article they only compare fluconazole with itraconazole, which apparently is a new med. I didn't see any trials C.Glabrata response to Nystatin or ketoconazole?

 

[casportpony]

@BugStalker thank you. Did I understand correctly that in the article they only compare fluconazole with itraconazole, which apparently is a new med. I didn't see any trials C.Glabrata response to Nystatin or ketoconazole?

itraconazole is not easy to get, and it's expensive, so try the fluconazole.

 

[BugStalker]

Another article I saw mentioned that it may gain immunity to Nystatin and certain other treatments over time, but I couldn't find a copy of the source for more details. I suspect they were using low dosages. The fluconazole should help, it just may not totally eradicate it, according to the article. If the birds are not very stressed, they may be able to manage it naturally from there.

@BugStalker thank you. Did I understand correctly that in the article they only compare fluconazole with itraconazole, which apparently is a new med. I didn't see any trials C.Glabrata response to Nystatin or ketoconazole?